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Re: [Digital BW] re: Monochrome Sensors

2004-07-29 by Bob Frost

Carl,

Aren't all sensors monochrome? Surely they only 'see' color by putting
colored filters over them.

Bob Frost.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Schofield" <scho@...>


There was some discussion recently in the dpr Kodak dslr forum about
the possibility that Kodak might introduce a monochrome dslr.  The cmos
sensor currently used in the 14n/c cameras is apparently an RGB variant
of an existing monochrome sensor from FIllfactory so it should be
relatively easy for Kodak to produce a monochrome version:

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